Oblique

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1 English 1.1 Ajective 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb 1.4 See also

English

Ajective

(Ob*lique") [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see Ob-) + liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr slanting.] [Written also oblike.]

1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

   Quotations

   • It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. - Cheyne.

2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.

   Quotations

   • The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it certain oblique ends. - Drayton.
   • This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. - De Quincey.
   • Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye.
     That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. - Wordworth.

3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

   Quotations

   • His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. - Baker.

Noun

(Ob*lique"), (Geom.)

1. An oblique line.

Verb

(Ob*lique"), intransitive [imp. & p. p. Obliqued; p. pr. & vb. n. Obliquing.]

1. To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.

   Quotations

   • Projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine. - Sir. W. Scott.

2. (Mil.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half- facing either to the right or left.

See also

• oblique angle
• oblique ascension
• oblique arch
• oblique bridge
• oblique case
• oblique circle
• oblique fire
• oblique flank
• oblique leaf
• oblique line
• oblique motion
• oblique muscle
• oblique narration
• oblique planes
• oblique sailing
• oblique speech
• oblique sphere
• oblique step
• oblique system of coordinates